DataInterfaceStream:-Skip - skip a block of the data stored in the DataInterfaceStream module

Calling Sequence

stream:-Skip( number )

Parameters

stream

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DataInterfaceStream module

number

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integer; amount of data to skip

Description

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The Skip command skips the next number elements of data from stream without returning any data. If stream stores character data, each element is a single character. If stream stores binary data, each element is a byte.

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If there are less than or equal to number elements in the stream, then no more data will be available for reading after the call to Skip.